Build the kind of classroom students remember.
The Classroom Collective gives teachers the tools and the thinking behind creating a classroom culture where students feel seen, engaged, and willing to learn.
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READY-TO-USE RESOURCES
INSTANT ACCESS
What is The Classroom Collective?
The Classroom Collective is a growing library of classroom resources, culture-building tools, and professional learning designed to help teachers create engaging, student-centered classrooms.
Inside, you’ll find the systems, routines, reflection tools, discussion activities, and implementation strategies I’ve used across 11 years in the classroom.
What’s inside The Collective?
20+ classroom resources plus a mini-course and growing implementation support.
student surveys
community builders
classroom norms
reflection journals
mood trackers
Classroom Culture
TED Talk activities
identity projects
discussion protocols
one-pagers
end-of-year reflections
Student Engagement
mini-course on belonging
implementation guidance
classroom setup ideas
real examples from my classroom
Teacher Support
More than printable resources.
The tools matter.
But the real transformation comes from understanding how to use them to build trust, student ownership, curiosity, and connection throughout the year.
The Classroom Collective was designed to help teachers think differently about classroom culture. Not just decorate it.
Loved by Teachers.
This started in a real classroom.
Every resource inside The Classroom Collective was created while teaching real middle school students.
This work was built from trial and error, reflection, relationships, and the belief that students learn best when they feel seen, safe, challenged, and connected.
The Collective is for teachers who want to build that kind of classroom, too.
Designed for middle school ELA educators who want to build engaging, student-centered classrooms rooted in belonging, reflection, and student voice.
Join The Classroom Collective
Build the kind of classroom students remember.
What’s included:
Lifetime access to The Classroom Collective
Classroom culture tools & systems
Ready-to-use student engagement resources
Mini-course & implementation support
Future updates added to the library
A Peek at Resources Included in Your Membership
Every resource was designed to work together—not as random printables but as pieces of one classroom culture.
⭐ This resource is included in The Classroom Collective membership.
Classroom Notebook Implementation Guide
Looking for a classroom notebook system that does more than organize papers?
This implementation guide walks you through the notebook system I've developed, refined, and used with middle school students to build stronger routines, deeper thinking, and more meaningful classroom discussions.
Rather than focusing only on what goes into a notebook, this guide focuses on why each routine matters and how the notebook becomes a tool for reflection, collaboration, writing, and student ownership throughout the year.
Inside you'll find classroom-tested ideas for launching your notebook system, keeping it organized, and making it sustainable without creating more work for yourself.
What's Included
70+ page Classroom Notebook Implementation Guide
Editable Student Reference Notebook (Google Slides)
Classroom notebook routines
Organization systems and notebook management
Notebook check rubric
Authentic classroom photos and student notebook examples
Teacher reflection prompts
QR code access to editable student templates
Launch ideas and implementation support
Perfect For
✔ Middle School ELA
✔ Social Studies
✔ Teachers looking to increase student ownership
✔ New teachers launching notebooks for the first time
✔ Experienced teachers looking to simplify existing systems
This is a flexible framework designed to help you build a notebook system that reflects your students, your classroom, and your teaching style.
⭐ This bundle is included inside The Classroom Collective membership.
Reading Projects Bundle: creative end-of-unit projects that help students show what they understood, not just what they remembered.
When students finish a novel, I don’t want the energy to drop.
I want them to reflect, interpret, and create something they’re proud of.
This bundle includes the projects I use to make that happen.
Students analyze theme.
They choose meaningful quotes.
They think about character growth.
They make intentional decisions about what mattered most.
Works beautifully for independent reading, book clubs, or whole-class novels/short stories.
What's included:
book talk project
one-pager project
bloom ball project
bookmark design contest materials
choice board project
reading reflection logs (5 different versions, all editable)
materials to support a year-long culture of reading!
⭐ This resource is included in The Classroom Collective membership.
Build the classroom culture you want before the content begins!
The first days of school shape everything that comes after.
This bundle gives middle school teachers a complete roadmap for building belonging through instructional design during the first three days of school.
Included: A Complete First 3 Days Roadmap
Complete with linked lessons, editable materials, and implementation guidance so you know exactly what to teach and when.
WELCOME STUDENTS
editable lesson plan
editable slides
student handouts
student surveys
BUILD RELATIONSHIPS
Two Truths & A Dream
What Do You Say
Find Someone Who
Community Conversations
Snowball Writing
If My Class Really Knew Me….
CREATE SHARED COMMUNITY LANGUAGE
Class norms
Class principles
Class jobs
Community definitions
Nonverbal hand signals
Accountable Talk reference cards
CELEBRATE STUDENTS
Student of the Week
Student of the Month
Editable certificates
Bonus: Launch a Yearlong Reading Culture
Book Challenge Launch Materials
FAQs
Reading Survey
⭐ This resource is included in both the Back to School Bundle and The Classroom Collective membership.
Create a classroom where students take ownership, contribute to the community, and feel trusted with meaningful responsibilities.
This Classroom Jobs Bulletin Board & Application System gives you everything you need to launch a student responsibility system, not just a “cute” bulletin board.
Designed with middle school classrooms in mind, this resource helps teachers create clear classroom roles, build student buy-in, and establish routines that allow students to become active members of the classroom community.
Instead of managing every small task yourself, empower students to take responsibility for the spaces, routines, and systems that make your classroom run smoothly.
Perfect For:
✓ Middle school classrooms
✓ Classroom community building
✓ Student leadership opportunities
✓ Advisory, homeroom, ELA, and content-area classrooms
✓ Back-to-school classroom setup
What’s Included:
⭐ Classroom Jobs Bulletin Board Materials
9 ready-to-print classroom job cards with job descriptions
Bulletin board title letters
“Now Hiring” header
Blank templates for job titles & descriptions
⭐ Student Application System
Student job application form (Google Form version)
Job announcement slides (editable)
Classroom job chart (editable)
⭐ Teacher Implementation Guidance
Tips for introducing classroom jobs
Suggestions for building student buy-in
Guidance for training students and releasing responsibility
⭐ Editable Templates
Blank job cards for creating your own classroom roles
Customizable templates to fit your classroom needs
Why Teachers Love This Resource:
It’s more than a classroom jobs bulletin board — it’s a complete student ownership system.
Takes the guesswork out of creating classroom roles, assigning responsibilities, and introducing jobs to students.
Helps students feel valued, trusted, and like an important part of the classroom community.
Creates opportunities for leadership, responsibility, and belonging.
Everything is ready to print and easy to customize.
File Types Included:
Google Slides templates
Google Forms application
Editable:
Editable components include:
Blank classroom job templates
Editable Google form application questions
Google Slides announcement templates
Bundle:
This resource is included in the Back to School Classroom Bundle!
The Power of Perspectives is a flexible, text-based ELA unit designed to help students explore how perspective shapes understanding, empathy, and voice. Through a curated set of articles, short texts, speeches, and multimedia resources, students analyze how different experiences and viewpoints influence the way stories are told and understood.
This unit is intentionally organized as a resource hub rather than a scripted lesson sequence. All materials are linked and fully editable, allowing teachers to select, adapt, and pace lessons based on the needs of their students, classroom structure, and instructional goals.
What Students Will Explore
How perspective influences interpretation and understanding
The role of empathy in reading, discussion, and writing
The impact of single stories and dominant narratives
How voices and lived experiences shape stories and messages
What’s Included
A set of texts exploring perspective across genres
Student-facing activities including quick writes, reflections, discussions, and analysis tasks
Writing supports and organizers to help students synthesize ideas
A flexible end-of-unit writing task
A teacher-facing resource hub with organized links for easy planning
Fully editable, printable and digital materials
Why Teachers Love This Unit
Designed for flexibility — use as a full unit or select stand-alone lessons
Not scripted or rigid; adapts to different pacing and classroom needs
Supports diverse learners and encourages student voice
Easy to organize, remix, and personalize
Grade Level
8th Grade ELA(Appropriate for middle school with modification)
Format
Printable & Digital, Fully Editable
End of School Year and Project Based Bundle | SEL Middle and High School | SEL
It's MAY! The countdown to summer is on! Let's have students spend the month reflecting on the school year as a whole AND on their own personal growth & identity. This bundle focuses on the importance of identity, belonging, self-love & reflection through project based learning.
This bundle includes a ton of best sellers, engaging & thought provoking Ted Talks, videos, self-love reflections & MORE! Loaded with learning combined with SEL!
THIS BUNDLE INCLUDES 8 THOUGHTFUL & INTENTIONAL RESOURCES!
4 End of Year Projects
exit interview presentation
end of year self-reflection journal
end of book templates (for any novel)
19 ready-to-print certificates & 2 blank certificate templates
2 Ted Talk Lesson Activities
Let Curiosity Lead by Yara Shahidi (highlighting the meaning of curiosity & how we can apply her message to our own lives)
The Danger of a Single Story (highlighting the importance & impact of storytelling)
& more!
Book talk project (best seller)
coloring sheets (PERFECT for after testing!)
Self-Love Thinking Map Project focused on student identity & reflection
Identity web activity
Bookmark design contest project